The Travel Corporation (TTC) recently announced that, from the start of its 2019 operating season, its brands (Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold, Costsaver, Brendan Vacations, Contiki, AAT Kings and Inspiring Journeys) will stop making single-use plastic bottles available on their coach buses.
These brands join sister companies Uniworld, Red Carnation Hotels and U River Cruises (U by Uniworld), which have already removed plastic water bottles from their operations. On top of this initiative, Uniworld pledged to become single-use plastic free by 2022—having already removed all plastic straws, water bottles and related single-use items from its ships.
This announcement is a continuation of TTC’s single-use plastics elimination initiative from last June. This latest plan is designed to reduce plastic waste by several hundred thousand plastic bottles per year. TTC brands Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold, CostSaver, AAT Kings and Inspiring Journeys will also be eliminating several hundred thousand pieces of single-use plastics from their operations by moving away from using non-biodegradable name tags for all guests on their trips. Single-use plastic luggage tags will be replaced by reusable, durable luggage…
